chuck? >> good morning. thunderstorms last night were sparked off by a cold front which is now south of the area. it's taken the rain and the severe weather threat away leaving us with a mostly clear sky. here's our picture outside. there's the sun right there coming up over the eastern horizon. enjoy is everybody. tomorrow morning the sunrise goes to 6:00. we won't have a pre-6:00 a.m. sunrise again until next maye. the days are already getting shorter. cooler, comfortable, low humidity. in the 80s today, near 90 tomorrow as you plan out your afternoon. look at those temperatures. 75 at 9:00 a.m. 86 degrees at 3:00 this afternoon. let's go over to the live desk for the latest. we do have a new look at the aftermath of that thund ruz night in montgomery county. this is macarthur boulevard. what we know, trees on the ground, wires on the ground, lots of debris still in the roadway. as you can see, the l i

blocked there by a police vehicle. in fact, we have several roads blocked in the county because of situations like this. first 4 traffic, jack taylor, he's been tracking the road closures. follow them on twitter. aaron, back to you. >> angie, thank you. wild weather causing havoc across our area overnight. there were strong winds, lightning, each some hail in some spots. look at that. some of the wild weather left a mess behind. derrick ward is live in northwest with a look at the storm damage. derrick? >> good morning. we're actually in southwest. we're at the 400 block of o street. i can see the washington channel from here. you can imagine what kind of winds came through the area. if you can't imagine, here's proof. this tree came up, it looks like it was snapped off at the root base. the roots are actually still underground. did a little damage to the sidewalk there. take a look back here. you can see what it did to the landscaping and some of the railings. you see that car back there. they're pretty much trapped until the

there's another car here. underneath all of this. they've got a harder time of getting out. elsewhere, there was similar damage, lots of rain and trees down. we understand there's damage around the mall, 17th street, constitution, a lot of people going to be digging out and cutting their way out. they may need some help. anybody -- we're live at southwest. derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> with that continued storm damage, we've got huge delays that have the potential of getting only larger this morning. we had our chopper shot along macarthur boulevard. it's shut down between mow heek an road -- it brought down a pole and wires as well. beach drive still closed off between piney branch roadway and broad branch road. high standing water. near beechwood road, there was a tree down. traffic is getting by. as metro'

one. single tracking between boston and east falls church running through july 31st. back to you. >> jack, thank you. 6:03 is your time right now. turning to the republican national convention. we take you live inside the quicken loans arena in downtown cleveland. it is day 3 of the convention. today's theme, make america first again. >> it is my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight. congratulations, dad. we love you. >> it is official. halfway through the convention, the gop ticket is set for november. donald trump will take on the democratic nominee for president with indiana governor mike pence as his running mate. not everyone is happy with the result. delegates from the district did all they could to revolt against donald trump. ten voted for senator marco rubio and nine voiced support for ohio

last night. the votes won't count. both napgs al and d.c. party rules gave all 19 votes to trump because he was the only formal nominee. party leaders from the district tells news 4's tom sherwood their actions weren't meant as insults. members of the trump family will take the stage again this as donald trump jr.'s speech is drawing questions about plagiarism again. >> i know when my father says he can fix the country, he means it. >> donald trump, jr., went on to make a comparison about schools which closely resemble the pass anl from a conservative magazine. the speech writer came forward saying he wrote the speech and the article. he told the associated press that makes the similarities, quote, not an issue. early yesterday the trump campaign defended melania trump's address and its similarities to a speech michelle obama gave in 8.

tonight at the convention. with more on that, here's tom sherwood from cleveland. >> two days down, two days to go. the republican national convention here in cleveland is halfway over. and tonight a big night. >> i formally declare donald j. trump and michael r. pence the republican nominees for president and vice president of these united states. >> formally nominated last night, indiana governor mike pence tonight will give his vice presidential acceptance speech. news 4 here on president ground covering all the action and local delegations from virginia, maryland and d.c. the republican party preparing to wrap up its convention thursday with a big night for donald j. trump, the party's official nominee for november. in cleveland, tom sherwood, news 4. now, a reminder. tom and chris lawrence are in cleveland to cover the convention. you can expect live

the rnc starting on news 4 at 4:00. today, civil rights lead erred and former delegate walter faunt roy was arrested from the airport when he returned from dubai. there was a warrant out for his arrest for writing a bad check in 2009. trial date will likely be set during today's hearing. today, a man accused of impersonating a top aide to u.s. congressman john lewis is scheduled to enter a plea agreement in d.c. federal court. earlier this month, the iteam reported that he was not related to the congressman but was charged with pretending to be the chief of staff for the icon. he did this to score field passes for the redskins and get special treatment at a lounge in south beach, miami. he faces up to three years in prison. congressman's spokeswoman declined to comment saying it's now a matter for the court. you will have to wait longer if you need to travel on the

virginia. metro's fifth safetrack surge started this morning between falls church and east falls church. this will happen for the next 12 days. crews will replace deteriorated wooden rail ties. even though metro is moving on to the next phase of safetrack, it's still having major problems along a section of track that was just fixed. in the blue, orange and silver lines, it's a long section of track known as the d and g junction. eight separate signal and switch problems in that elevated section have meant delays and unscheduled track work. passengers were not in danger. still, riders say the problems have caused some headaches. it's 6:07. teens looking to get that base tan or a glow for prom will have to leave montgomery county. tanning ban goes into effect today in the county for children under 18. in april, montgomery county became the second county in the state to ban ind

minors. the ordinance also requires businesses to post warning signs and customers to wear protective eye gear. clear skies as you step outside this morning. clearish. that's after a night of strong storms. chuck bell has more at 6:11. a busy morning for firefighters trying to contain a massive brushfire burning near salt lake city. the damage already left behind. plus, honoring the loy of a d.c. sports fixture. how

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good morning. you got our panoramic camera ready tog a clear shot in the sky. the full moon is setting in the west right now. meanwhile, here's the full sun rising in the eas

sun and the moon in the sky at the same time here early this morning. what to wear today. back to shorts and t-shirts and sunglasses. no need for the umbrella today. that is excellent news after the big round of thunderstorms last night. your morning workout, no problems at all. perfect pool day. even perfect for happy hour later today. complete check of that five-day forecast in ten minutes. here's jack taylor with an update on traffic. >> what a night, what a lot of damage. rock wood parkway is closed off because of two downed trees. waiting on officials to get there. they'll close between mohican road and wall hound -- a brand new accident in virginia is on 95 northbound before you get into lore ton. two left lanes are blocked that could increase as more equipment arrives on scene. an unexpected delay.

back to you. god bless y'all, man. >> 6:12 now. a redskins legend, not a player but super fan, chief z is being remembered today. his real name was zima williams. he died in his sleep earlier this weekend. a vigil was held in his honor in hash bu-- ashburn. >> this is devastating. but he'll be with us in spirit. that's for sure. >> williams appeared at games in full regalia starting in the 1970s. that's nearly four decades. this point is not clear exactly how he died. a lot of you are sharing your memories on facebook and instagram. the redskins and redskins players are reacting to wide receiver desean jackson, wrote rest in peace, chief z. our own carol maloney says williams will be missed forever. t'

skins players. chad johnson, you might know him as chad ochocinco. he wrote rest in peace as well. the redskins may have summed it up best. they called him the definition of a super fan. right now, police are searching for this robbery suspect. take a look. he ambushed a worker at a dollar tree store at closing time and tied her up. surveillance camera caught him emptying out the store's safe and he wiped down the surfaces so as not to leave fingerprints. before taking off, he threatened the employee with a gun. there is a $10,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. back to decision 2016 now. hillary clinton is narrowing down her choice for a running mate. senator tim kaine of virginia and retired four-star navy admiral james staff rides are said to be at the top of her short list. senator kaine campaigned with clinton in northern virginia last week. c

with national security experience. we are halfway through the republican national convention now. a live look inside the quicken loans arena in cleveland for you. still empty at this hour, of course. later today, indiana governor and vice presidential pick mike pence will address the delegation -- the delegates there. one of the main themes we've heard is holding hillary clinton accountable for the benghazi terror attacks. >> when we defied the stand down orders and opportunities squandered when hillary failed to protect her people on the ground. had she done her job that night, had she done her job that night, we wouldn't have had to compromise the annex. >> that was marine corps veteran mark geist who served in benghazi as part of a security team that night. fact check.org looked into his speech and found there were no intentional delays in the response to the attacks. they al f

order was neverish sued. the house permanent select committee said the cia and -- wait order was misinterpreted as a stand down order. it is donald trump's 38-year-old son who is in the center of questions about plagiarism this morning. some say part of his speech were similar to an article in a political magazine. ben ginsburg joins us this morning. the author of the article said he wrote the speech as well. does it count? >> i think an author is writing speech, that probably is just fine. >> the accusations of plagiarism first for melania trump and now his son, how are they affecting his convention? >> you never know. they had a very good night last night. it looks like therg

distraction to a campaign. it makes you sort of re-examine fundamenta fundamentals. it looks like they got their act together well last night. they did defining of hillary clinton and certainly donald trump, jr., gave a positive and well-received look at his father. >> not surprising, hillary clinton was a target last night. the theme tonight will be how to make america first again. what will be the attacks against her be focused on today? >> i think the fact that as she's been in positions of leadership for so many years in this country, in fact the country has declined, that people are finding it harder and harder to be able to sustain their lifestyles, to be able to do what they want to do. she's been a part of the establishment. much of the theme of the campaign will be that hillary clinton is the perfect establishment candidate. donald trump

who will change things. that will be the focus of the speeches on both sides of that equation tonight and tomorrow. all right. nbc political analyst ben ginsburg. ben, thanks for joining us this morning. be sure to count on complete coverage ahead on the "today" show. savannah guthrie and matt lauer are in cleveland this morning to bring you the very latest. . >> we know there was heavy rain and high wind yesterday. a lot of people saw, heard, felt hail.

aerg outside of my window which woke me up. it really was indeed hail. pea-sized in some places. pretty big. >> as we turn to chuck bell now for a look at the forecast for the day ahead. we don't have to worry about what we had last night happening again today? >> no, no. that was the cold front. pea to marble-sized hail covered the ground even at my house in northwest. a lot of people awakened at 10:45 last night. on the other side of the horizon, a pretty looking day. here's a look back in time. this is from late last night. here's the line of thunderstorms that fired up south of gaithersburg and put on a light show as it went through west washington and farther down into parts ofou

all will be right with the world today. sunshine, temperatures in the upper 60s, low 70s. today, the wind out of the west and northwest at 5 to 15 miles an hour. 64 in charles town, west, virginia. hourly temperatures, we'll see a nice rise in temperatures today into the mid-80s. temperatures will be 1 or 2 degrees cooler than average. don't get used to it. it's not going to last. today's high 87. tomorrow up to 90 degrees. not really much humidity the only place that might see a quick rain shower chance is across far southern maryland, lower parts of the chesapeake bay and the eastern shore. today and tomorrow look nice. the heat is back tomorrow with a high of 97. could touch 99 to 100 degrees saturday and sunday both as the heat really gets ready to come

i'll give you the four things to know about the forecast at 6:31. our ten-day outlook, which is also hot at 6:51. jack taylor in the glass enclosed center, what a tricky commute. >> sounds like it's going to be. we're adding an accident into it. 95 northbound in lorton. a lot more equipment is headed to the scene. this could cause major early delays. george washington parkway, the ramp to 50, arlington boulevard, an accidents on the right side of the ramp. sounded minor in nature. a reminder, if you're riding metro this morning, surge number 5 continuing work, orange and silver lines, single track between -- east falls church and boston. expect delays to largo because of an earlier train malfunction. back to you. jack, thank you. 6:21 now. proof that some people can't pay attention when they're driving. the driver of this car says what he was doing when he slammed into a

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many people waking up to a lot of damage in the area. one of the places hardest hit, montgomery county. this is a live look courtesy of chopper 4 of this huge, this massive tree that fell on top of this house and heavily damaged it on moraine avenue in silver spring, maryland. there were no injuries reported in this incidenincident. but we're hearing from officials that this is one of five homes in montgomery county a lope hit by a fallen tree. we also know that five other homes were struck by lightning. eun? >> angie, thank you. transgender students in fairfax ty

for new policies to take effect. they've asked to delay the regulations extending the nondiscrimination policy to include gender identity. the board says it needs more time to evaluate legal issues, including a pending supreme court case involving a transgender student in virginia. some say the delay is difficult but students will be treated with fairness. he was behind "happy days" and pretty woman. garry marshall has died. marshall was 81 years old. he had a stroke recently and died of complications from pneumonia. you saw people putting roses on his star on the hollywood walk of fame. marshall wrote for dozens of tv shows and movies. he wrote for "the tonight show" with jack paar. outside this morning after a round of thunderstorms late last night. we got the sun back in the sky. that's

going to be a nice day with low humidity for now. we know it can't last forever. i'll give you a check of when the heat and humidity return coming up. also ahead, how montgomery county is working to ease tensions after recent high-profile shootings across the country. the pokemon go craze has exploded in fairfax county. why this fountain is a key player in todas y'

wild weather made its way across the area last night. this is a live look from chopper 4 of damage on route 1 in college park. that is where there are reports of wires down near beechwood road. >> you can see right now, work crews, utility crews trying to figure out what's going on and fix the damage out there. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is tracking what's on deck now that the storms have passed. chuck, good morning. >> good morning eun and good morning everybody. the storms were sparked off by the cold front coming

we have a fresh new air mass in place. sunshine back in fashion for today. four things to know about the forecast. remember the little river band. time for a cool change. a two-daybreak from the heat and humidity. the heat blast will be back by the weekend. we may be dealing with triple digit temperatures heading into saturday, sunday and monday. today, though, relax and enjoy it. most of us will be completely dry today with the full sunshine. temperatures only in the mid-80s today. jack taylor, cooler than average. how is i-95 holding up? >> not good. a crash northbound on 95. two left lanes are blocked. the right half of the roadway is still able to get by. a lot of equipment on scene. metro riders just be aware of the fact. morning number one. orange and silver lines single track between boston and east falls church. they've got residual delays. macarthur boulevard rae mains closed between

because of a downed tree. thanks, jack. it is 6:32. developing this morning, the police have arrested a second suspect in the death of a police captain. robert melton was chasing two suspects yesterday when he was shot. died at the hospital. police say they are not looking for any other suspects. melton is the ninth police officer to die in a shooting this month. two of the officers killed this month will be laid to rest this week. funeral services for baton rouge officer matthew gerald had happen on friday. montrell jackson's is set for monday. the officers and a sheriff's deputy were killed in an ambush attack on sunday. police say a lone gunman and former marine, gavin long wanted to shoot anyone wearing a badge. in response to those deadly police shootings, montgomery county is hosting a town hall meeting on race and policing. tonight's meeting is in germ

the first one was in silver spring. dozens of people came out. ed leg it says he was once racially profiled by a police officer while putting up campaign signs. others shared stories that were similar as well. for his part, tom manger says he's focusing on three things when managing the police force. >> hire the right people. invest in their training and hold my officers accountable to do the job the way it's supposed to be done. >> we as a community express both appreciation but also realistic concerns. >> tonight's meeting is at 7:00 at the uptown regional services center in germantown. >> mark segraves broke the news earlier this month. an inmate died of an apparent stroke at the facility in southeast washington. in a statement, the d.c. department of corrections tells news 4 an hvac

flow. it has no reason to believe elevated temperatures correlated to 70-year-old lester ir by's death. he died of a stroke. his daughter is demanding a deeper investigation into this case. if back here at the live desk. chopper 4 actually moving to another scene. we want to take you to this video first out of utah. that's where we have this fire that continues to rage on. from what we're told from officials, dozens of homes and buildings have been destroyed and score fd. evacuations in the this town, west of salt lake city have taken place. the red cross is on location. no major injuries reported. two firefighters are in the hospital being treated. eun? >> angie, thank you. it is 6:34 today. you have another chance to attend an international meeting on the zika virus. be

health department, to answer questions at the government center there. we can't say it enough. put your phone down when you're driving. one person tried to play that popular game while driving and here's what happened. police body cameras caught the moment the man crashed into a baltimore city police cruiser. the driver tells the officer he was playing pokemon go. he sideswiped a car on monday morning. nobody was hurt here. police say the driver will face charges for distracted driving and a lot of dirty looks. >> how many more incidents before we stop saying that. it's going to happen eventually. >> it's all fun and games until somebody gets eaten by a lion. >> yeah. fairfax county is trying to prevent these accidents from happening on its roads. they're hosting an all day pokemon event. this should get the game out of your system if you're really

molette green has more on this 12-hour marathon. >> reporter: oh, my goodness, i've learned so much about pokemon go. i never want to learn anything else after today about this game. one thing i can tell you for sure, i'm no good at it. the kids in this county love it. this craze has exploded here. i figured out today in my research that this fountain which is an honor to fallen officers is a key pokemon stop here where you can get your balls and your eggs and you can walk around this parking lot and a trail today and you can hatch your eggs. there was an e-mail sent out to 45,000 parents in this county to get their kids to come here today for this all-day poke-thon, which is going to run from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and allow kids a safe, controlled environment. all

pokemon 101 classes for beginners like me. they're going to have classes for advanced learners. those people who are really good at the game. i'm not good at the game. but this parking lot, this site here at the district government building is going to be a key player in making sure that the kids are safe and the gamers are safe. they've been having so many trespassing calls coming in to police because kids are doing things they shouldn't be doing, big kids are too. they want to cut down on the crime and the safety concerns in the wake of this game, pokemon go, that's exploded in this county. we're live in chantilly this morning. back to you. come on, aaron, eun, get on board. >> i took notes. something about balls and eggs. >> i want you to be careful out there, molette. >> don't get run over by one of those kids. >> reporter: i know. we are bracing for more track work.

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spacesuit were on display four years ago. they're very fragile. only be out for one year. they do that in short spurts with lots of different pieces because they don't want them -- >> to preserve. >> pretty cool to see. >> for sure. we're talking about a nice little break. we're going to enjoy today while it lasts, chuck bell. >> you have to enjoy it. it's not going to last forever. outside this morning, there's the view from national harbor. rays of sunshine bouncing off the woodrow wilson bridge as it crosses the potomac. perfect day for activities. mild and sunny. a good pool day. perfect for happy hour this afternoon as well. if you're headed down to nats ballpark, it's a comfortable night for baseball. temperatures near 85 degrees at 6:00. game starts at 7:05. hopefully we'll beat the dodgers. if you're thinking about the beach this weekend, temperatures will be in the 930s even at the beach. the water temperature, 76 degrees. ten-day forecast

here's jack taylor. >> crash northbound as you approach lorton. surge number 5, morning number one. single tracking between boston and east falls church. orange, blue and silver residual delays. yellow liners, delay because of a problem in mt. vernon square. back to you. >> reporter: high winds and horizontal trees. the aftermath of last night's storms. more coming up on news 4. this is the most important election of our lifetime. >> the remarks made by donald trump, jr., that has some accusing him of plagiarism and why his speech writer says they're off base. >> you could have lited acmice

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as the sunrises, we're finding more damage done by the storms. you're taking a live look from chopper 4 in college park in prince george's county. this is route 1 at beechwood road where there was a truck on scene. a cherry picker. they were trying to untangle this tree that had hit some power lines. we know that the northbound lanes do remain closed in the area. but as you can see, some traffic getting by. they have one southbound lane that's getting by.

and five more struck by lightning. follow first 4 traffic for updates on road closures. i'm angie goff at the live desk. >> thank you, angie. outside today, temperatures are in the 60s to around 70 degrees right now. no more chances for severe weather today. that's excellent news. we'll have sunshine the next couple of days. it will get blistering hot by the weekend. the exclusive forecast coming up in four minutes. we're getting a first look at some of the damage following last night's strong storms. trees down on homes in silver spring. chopper 4. wild weather brought hail, lightning, high winds. northwest washington now with a look at the damage near the national mall. derrick, what are you seeing? >> reporter: we're here on 17th street north of constitution where this tree came down. little less shade around town today because of the storms. as you see, joggers, bicyclists and motorists are

their way around this fallen tree. we see about half a block down, there's one more. beyond that, there's another. over in southwest, we were there earlier this morning. a massive tree came down on o street, 400 block of o street near the washington channel. that tree did some damage to the roofs of town houses. it's blocked a couple cars. some cars were completely covered. this is what folks are waking up to this morning. if you're going to be driving, sometimes lanes will go away because of lanes being blocked with the trees falling out into the street. we just saw officials from d.c. trees, that is the company that or the organization that takes a look at trees. not sure if this is a federal tree or a local tree. we know it's a fallen tree. a lot of this going around all over the city today. it blew through here last night. live in northwest. today, civil rights leader

he returned to the states from dubai. there was a warrant out for his arrest for writing bad checks in 2009. a trial date will likely be set during today's hearing. donald j. trump has been selected as the republican party nominee for president of the united states. >> congratulations, dad, we love you. >> hillary clinton, lying to the american people. what's your verdict? guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> i've been around the clintons more than anybodyh gary marshal.

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>> donald trump jr. is getting praised this morning for his address to the convention last night. he's also getting questions. 38-year-old speech writer already came forward saying he wrote both the speech and the article. he told the associated press that makes the similarities, quote, not an issue. now the next two days of the convention are pretty jam-packed. tonight a big first for indiana governor and the vice presidential nominee, mike pence. tracie potts is live in cleveland now with what to expect in the day ahead. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, aaron. here's the question. who is mike pence? obviously the governor of indiana. a lot of people don't really know much about him. our new survey monkey poll came out at the top of the hour. nearly half of registered republicans said they don't know enough about him to like him or d

when he takes the stage tonight, he's got a job to do. he's got to introduce himself to the american people. who is he? what's he done? what is he about? >> tracie potts for us at the rnc in cleveland. thank you, tracie. news 4's tom sherwood and chris lawrence are also in cleveland this morning with the rest of the nbc team. you can expect their live reports later on starting on news 4 at 4:00. all right. chuck bell, if i didn't hear it, i wouldn't have believed it. we had hail in the area. >> i'm a hard sleeper. but it woke me up last night. >> 10:45 on the dot. each i was roused from a sound sleep and spent the next hour looking out the window and looking at all the hail and the wind. >> i didn't do all that. >> you didn't do that? >> i knew you would investigate, chuck. you are our weatherman. >> i loved it. 50 mile an hour winds where i live. pea-sized hail on my sidewalks as well. quite the thunderstorms between 10:45 and 11:

it will be cooler and comfortable weather for a couple of days. 70 now at national airport. as you plan out the day, a noise low impact day. we'll stay in the 80s. not humid at all. any chance of rain is well south of the area. we'll be dry in and around town. 64 in in winchester. 66 in joints base andrews. here's future weather to time it out. no rain chances for the d.c. metro. on future weather, light rain chances on the eastern shore and across parts of far southern maryland. st. mary's county, southern calvert county, you might get a quick little rain shower today. but no severe weather. highs this afternoon, 85 in frederick, maryland. 83 in gaithersburg. perfect night for grilling out in the backyard. temperatures near 85 degrees at 6:00. back into the upper 70s by 8:00 or 9:00 this evening. for tomorrow, it will get a little warmer. temperatures back into the upper 80s to near 90 tomorrow. still, not terribly humid. the

increase just in time for the weekend. it will be dry on friday with a high of 97. saturday and sunday, at least an outside chance at an afternoon thunderstorm with highs near 100 degrees. better rain chances monday, tuesday of next week as the heat finally starts to break a little bit. it has been a tricky wednesday morning commute. jack taylor is here to help you navigate the roadblock. >> number one, this is morning number one of surge 5. metro's continuous work, orange and silver line between boston and east falls church. residual delays from new caroll ton -- yellow lines reserve normal service from earlier activity by vernon square. blue lines delays near the town center due to -- other big stories the crash in lort on. before that area, they're trying to get everything to the shoulder. back to you. >> jack, thank you. it's 6:54. expect metro delays as jack said on the orange and

is up and running between boston and east falls church. continuous single tracking on the orange and silver lines will continue until july 31st. crews will replace deteriorated wooden rail ties. all that work goes on, metro was taking a closer look on a section of tracks that were already repaired. the problems are popping up outside the stadium armory station on the blue, orange and silver lines. this is along a section of track known as the d and g junction. eight separate switch and snam problems in that section have meant delays and track work. although, they say riders were not in danger. riders say it's caused headaches. teens trying to get a fake tan will have to do it not in montgomery county. stls a ban on tanning beds. this goes into effect in the county for children under the age of 18. in april, montgomery county was the second county in the state to ban indoor tanning. the ordinance requis

and customers to wear protective eye gear. i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. the second busiest shopping season of the year is upon us. a survey by deloitte finds the average household plans to spend $188 on back to school items this year. for those starting to shop before july will -- buy higher tech items early so they have enough time to learn how to use them. the slowest growth since 2012. for this report, i'm landon dowdy. 6:56. here are four things to know this morning. fairfax county is hosting a 12-hour pokemon go tournament. the county says this is a safe, controlled way for people to play the game. starts at 10:00 a.m. at the government center in chantilly. one of the stars in hollywood has died. garry marshall was a producer and writer and directsed movies, including pretty woman. he was 81 years old. indiana governor mike pence will

national convention tonight at as the gop's nominee. news 4 is in cleveland covering the convention for you. keep up to the minute with the nbc washington app. strong storms overnight left a mess across the area. you can see fallen trees in silver spring. crews are busy trying to clean up damage and get power lines back up. chuck? >> no worry about severe weather today. sunshine and low humidity and highs in the 80s. the 100s are coming. that is the broadcast this morning. the "today" show is next. we'll see new 25

good morning. it's it's official. donald trump formerly becomes the party's presidential nominee. the votes his own children putting him over the top, and getting personal about the man they know. >> he's always helped me be the best version of myself. >> for my father, impossible is just the starting point. >> chris christie going after hillary clinton and riling up the convention crowd. as the trump campaign pushes back hard against accusations that melania trump stole part of her speech and trump's running mate prepares to